I can't stand it when researchers do half assed studies!!!!
IMHO sorority women are more likely to have their eating disorders recognized and treated because they're living and interacting with the same 20-100 other women for 4 years. If you're changing dorms and roommates every year, it's a lot easier to conceal.
The article did not say, but I'm guessing that the study was done using NPC or predominantly white houses. NPC sororities have houses more often than not. NPHC houses tend to not have chapter houses. White women have a higher rate of eating disorders than black women. Did they take that into consideration when working out their statistics???
Let's look at the common traits of sorority women and women with eating disorders.
Sorority Women
Leaders
Above average students
Hard workers/driven
Goal oriented
Dislike losing
Likely to come from families that share these traits.
Women with EDs
Leaders
Above average students
Hard workers/driven
Goal oriented
Dislike losing
Likely to come from families that share these traits. (Studies have shown that women w/ EDs suffer from OCD and usually has a least one parent w/ OCD.)
So if you must draw a correlation. Notice correlation not causation.
Women with an ED are likely to join a sorority. It's not that women join and then suddenly have an ED.
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